Buckle



Dec. 1, 1925. 1,563,360

W. E. HATHEWAY BUCKLE Filed Nov. 22, 1923 Patented Een. i, i925,

`UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

BUCKLE.

Application filed. November 22, 1923.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I. IVILLIAM E. I-IA'rHn- WAY, citizen ot the UnitedStates, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairield and State ofConnecticut, have invented cern tain new and useful Improvements inBuckles; and I do hereby declare the'following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable Iothers skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to buckles of the character adapted forSuspenders and similar articles, it being an improvement on my formerapplication, Serial No. 620,872, wherein the security of the webbingdepended entirely on the clamping pressure of the floor sections. Mypresentimprovement consists in providing teeth on the inner edge of theopening in the floor and elevating them above the floor to engage thewebbing while the floor sections serve to maintain such engagement andetliectually prevent withdrawal of the webbing.

Referring to the accompanying` drawings wherein the same numerals ofreference indicate like parts throughout the several views;

Figure 1 represents a detail plan view of the buckle frame;

Figure 2 is a detail rear side elevation of the buckle trame showing`the tioor sections and the teeth elevated.;

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view ot the buckle frame on line 3 3, ofFigure 1 with the teeth upturned;

Figure 4 is a rear elevation ot the assembled buckle;

Figure 5 is a view of the assembled buckle with the lever in openposition showing the webbing secured to the buckle frame;

Figure 6 is an underside view of the assembled buckle with the webbingsecured thereto;

Figure 7 is the preferred Jform of the buckle frame, and Figure S is asectional view of the buckle and webbing on line 8-8 of Figure 5.

In constructing the buckle frame, Figure 1, the openings 1, 2, 3, and 4,are pierced in the floor, and portions of the floor broken away to formthe clamping sections 5, 6. In breaking out these sections the openings1 to Serial No. 676,218.

4 become merged into the larger openings 7-8, see also Figure 6, whichare separated by the bridge 9, which bridge connects the two narrowportions 10, 11, of the floor.

In separating the clamping sections 5 6 from the main body of the floor,the teeth 12 are formed along the inner edge or line of severance of thepart 11 of the floor and are turned up at right angles thereto, as shownin Figures 2, 3, and 4. The lever 13, having the teeth 14, is of commonconstruction and is journaled in the upturned ears 15 of the buckleframe.

In attaching the webbing 16 to the buckle, the sections 5, 6, are raisedand the end ot' the webb-ing brought thereagainst, then said sectionsare closed down on the webbing with sutlicient pressure to force it onto the upturned teeth 12., as shown in Figure 5. These teeth willeffectually hold the webbing against any longitudinal strain appliedthereto, and the clamping sections 5, 6, will hold the webbing firmly tothe floor of the frame.

To avoid the possibility of shearing the webbing when the clampingsections are forcibly brought thereagainst, I prefer to partially dividethe sections into the parts 5, 6a, by means of the slots 17, 18. Theseslots only extend far enough to give the parts 5a,

6a, a certain amount of flexibility that will prevent their shearing thewebbing when forcibly brought in contact therewith. To carry the slotsthe full depth of the sections would make these narrow clamping partstoo sensitive to maintain the webbing against the retaining teeth 12. l

Having thus described my invention what I claim is A buckle constructioncomprising a frame and a lever journaled thereto, said frame having afloor, webbing clamping sections pierced from the floor vand formingteeth on the edge of the opening in the floor and at the point ofseverance of said sections, said sect-ions partially divided to giveflexibility thereto, said teeth elevated above the floor to be engagedby the webbing, and such engagement maintained by the liexible nature ofthe partially divided sections.

In testimony whereof I afHX my signature.

WILLIAM E. HATI-IEWAY.

